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Originally Posted by rabbit640
I currently drive a 2000 Mazda Protege. Its pretty slow on the interstate and with all the crazy merging. Of course this doesn't mean much because its not in the best shape.
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People here have seen as high as 58mpg (
link) from a Mazda Protege. Achieving the numbers you are talking about should be fairly easy in your current vehicle. Not to be rude, but I don't believe the car is the issue here. You might want to read up on some hypermiling tips (
link) which will definitely help you to improve, maybe even do some minor modifications which will make it that much easier to achieve higher numbers.
What is your mpg goal?
How fast do you drive?
What psi are you running in your tires?
You should check the 65+ Efficiency Mods section (
link) to see some of the little things you can do to improve your mileage.